[Usability] Recent (Missing) Files

["Bryan W. Clark" <clarkbw clarkson edu>]

I just noticed this on the new GNOME (2.3), I opened up the file roller
application and it had it's own recent files listing, one of the files in
the list didn't exist anymore or moved, I don't remember which.  But file
roller tried to open it and failed, however then that file, I'll call
"X-File", apeared in my "open recent" list off of the actions menu.

I think the X-File should only appear there if it still exists or was
at least opened successfully.  If the program failed to open the X-File I
would think it either wouldn't add it to the recent files or delete it
from the recent files after a failure, so that it doesn't appear on the
global recent files list.

Also the program should then remove X-File from its recent list as well,
since it obviously can't find it.  Maybe if there was a way for the
program to find X-File it should just do that, but until that happens I
would think it wouldn't remember it after I tried opening it once and
failed.

Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

~ Bryan

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Bryan W Clark
Graduate Student
Math & Computer Science Dept.
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY USA

http://www.clarkson.edu/~clarkbw/